Black and white offspring aren’t ‘black’
Peter Michael, Zimbabwe. It is annoying and incorrect that when a black person and a white person have a child the child is referred to...
If he’s white, they’re all black??!
Alethia Grace Cyrus, Tulalip, WA. My most striking experience of my own internal “like me is normal” sense came midway through reading The Ear, the...
You can’t do that, you’re white!
Abigail Macy, Zimbabwe. I am a white American living in Zimbabwe. It never ceases to amaze me how much racism I experience, how much prejudice...
French firstname, Spanish lastname. I’m Indian.
Danielle Fernandez, Trumbull, CT. I’m Indian, but born in Zimbabwe. I always greet the question of “what is your background?” with a little sigh, and...
